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MUROMACHI PERIOD (16TH CENTURY), SIGNED KANETSUNE
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A Tanto in Mounts
Muromachi period (16th century), signed Kanetsune
Hira-zukuri, iori-mune with ko-itame forging pattern and saka-choji midare tempered edge with utsuri, bo-hi on the omote side, ubu tang with one hole and kiri file marks; gold habaki carved with Sanskrit characters and an ox by a waterfall, the surrounding areas carved with clouds on a hatched ground
In shirasaya [plain wood storage scabbard] 12 1/8in. (30.1cm.) long
19th-century koshirae comprising a black-lacquer saya decorated with scattered plum blossoms in gold and silver lacquer and applied with a warbler and plum blossoms in shakudo and gold, the kurikata shakudo and gold, carved with a blossoming plum tree, the shakudo nanako-ji kojiri with flush-inlaid and high-relief blossoms in gold and silver; tsuka mounted with a shakudo migaki-ji fuchi with willows and a pavillion in gold and shakudo taka-zogan, the shakudo nanako-ji kashira decorated with rabbits and peonies in gold taka-zogan; gold and shakudo menuki carved as characters from the Noh play Dojoji, signed Nagatsune, floral mekugi; kozuka iron with scrolling vines in gold Kaga-style inlays; tsuba decorated to match the kojiri and signed on the side Yamakawa Takatsugu and kao
With Tokubetsu kicho tosogu (Especially precious sword-fitting) no. 196 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword), dated 1964.11.15
Muromachi period (16th century), signed Kanetsune
Hira-zukuri, iori-mune with ko-itame forging pattern and saka-choji midare tempered edge with utsuri, bo-hi on the omote side, ubu tang with one hole and kiri file marks; gold habaki carved with Sanskrit characters and an ox by a waterfall, the surrounding areas carved with clouds on a hatched ground
In shirasaya [plain wood storage scabbard] 12 1/8in. (30.1cm.) long
19th-century koshirae comprising a black-lacquer saya decorated with scattered plum blossoms in gold and silver lacquer and applied with a warbler and plum blossoms in shakudo and gold, the kurikata shakudo and gold, carved with a blossoming plum tree, the shakudo nanako-ji kojiri with flush-inlaid and high-relief blossoms in gold and silver; tsuka mounted with a shakudo migaki-ji fuchi with willows and a pavillion in gold and shakudo taka-zogan, the shakudo nanako-ji kashira decorated with rabbits and peonies in gold taka-zogan; gold and shakudo menuki carved as characters from the Noh play Dojoji, signed Nagatsune, floral mekugi; kozuka iron with scrolling vines in gold Kaga-style inlays; tsuba decorated to match the kojiri and signed on the side Yamakawa Takatsugu and kao
With Tokubetsu kicho tosogu (Especially precious sword-fitting) no. 196 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword), dated 1964.11.15